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Vehicles cross the Route 3 bridge over the Hackensack River which connects Seacaucus and East Rutherford, N.J., in January, 2015. A lane across the bridge was closed due to cracks in the span, one of hundreds deemed structurally deficient statewide, transportation officials say.

Peter J. Smith for The Wall Street Journal

Maybe New Jersey voters aren’t so opposed to an increase in the gas tax.

A new Quinnipiac University poll finds 50% would agree to a gas tax to fund road improvements and mass transit, while 47% are opposed to the tax. Read More »

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Red Room at the Capitol in Albany last month.

The Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s approval rating has dropped to its lowest level since the second-term governor took office in 2011, largely due to heavy criticism by teachers’ unions for his proposed state education overhauls. Read More »

A gas station attendant fills a customer’s vehicle in Turnersville, New Jersey.

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New Jersey voters want a new tunnel and cheap gas, too.

Residents broadly support building a new train tunnel to New York, but are far less enthusiastic about having their taxes on gasoline increase to pay for it and other road work, a new poll finds.

Support for the tunnel — which Gov. Chris Christie scrapped early in his first term — runs at 53% statewide, with 37% opposed and others not having an opinion, the Quinnipiac University poll says. Both Republicans and Democrats support the project.

Some 62% of voters say the tunnel is important for the region’s economy, and support is particularly high — 68% — among those commuting into New York. Read More »

Poll results released by Quinnipiac on Wednesday showed 37% of city voters believe New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray, should have a minor role at City Hall and 34% said she should have no role.

Nearly a quarter of voters said they believe Ms. McCray should have a major role. Voters, by 61% to 31%, said the mayor’s spouse shouldn’t have a chief-of-staff role. Read More »

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday dismissed a new poll showing a racial divide in the city over his performance at New York City Hall, questioning the validity of the survey and blaming the media for any racial disparity.

“I don’t think the extent is anything near what’s being portrayed here,” Mr. de Blasio said at a breakfast forum, raising questions about the accuracy of the Quinnipiac University poll numbers. Read More »

Westchester County executive Rob Astorino, left, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo maintains a wide lead over his Republican gubernatorial challenger despite an ongoing ethics investigation that has focused on his administration, according to a Quinnipiac University poll due to be published Wednesday.

The poll found Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, beating his challenger, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, by 56% to 28% — a result virtually the same as the last time that poll was taken, in May.

Voters gave Mr. Cuomo nearly the same mark on favorability, 55%, as they had earlier in the year. And 57% of them said they approve of the governor’s job performance, statistically unchanged from 59% in May. Read More »

Mayor Bill de Blasio walks through the Boulevard Houses with New York City Housing Authority Chair Shola Olatoye.

Keith Bedford for The Wall Street Journal

UPDATED | City voters have a 59% approval rating of the New York Police Department, a 9 percentage point decrease from three months ago, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released Thursday.

The drop comes as security at public housing developments has become an issue of concern around the city, the poll found.

The poll found that 57% of people approved of Police Commissioner William Bratton, which was nearly unchanged from March. But those who disapprove of Mr. Bratton’s performance grew, from 13% to 19%. Read More »

A significant majority of New York state voters support Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio’s plan to fund universal prekindergarten by raising the city income-tax rate on wealthy residents, a Quinnipiac University poll found.

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New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio greets a supporter in lower Manhattan on November 20.

Sixty-three percent of New Yorkers approve of Mr. de Blasio’s proposal, the poll found, while 32% oppose the idea of hiking taxes on New York City residents making more than $500,000, to 4.41% from 3.88% for five years.

Any city income tax adjustment would require the approval of Albany lawmakers like Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who said he could implement a pre-K program without raising taxes.

The poll found that Mr. de Blasio’s plan enjoys strong support in all areas of the state, including 68% of New York City voters, 55% of suburban voters and 64% of those upstate.

But while 81% of Democrats expressed approval of the proposal, Republicans opposed it 58% to 39%, according to the poll.

And even with strong Democratic support, only 18% of voters statewide said increasing funding for public schools should be a priority in Albany during the coming legislative session, which begins in January. Read More »

Another New York City mayoral race poll, another crushing lead for Bill de Blasio.

This time, it’s Quinnipiac University, which found that Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat, leads Republican nominee Joe Lhota 65% to 26% among likely voters. And they have their mind made up: 83% of likely voters say they’ll “definitely” vote for the candidate they’re currently backing.

Voters see Mr. de Blasio favorably, with two-thirds of likely voters telling Quinnipiac they have favorable opinion of him. Aside from Republicans, his weakest demographic is voters who aren’t in a party; 46% of them say they view Mr. de Blasio favorably while 42% view him unfavorably. Read More »